Transcribe Artificial Intelligence Videos from YouTube
Instant transcripts from any AI YouTube video — free
Or just change youtube.com to 2outube.com in your browser
To transcribe artificial intelligence videos from YouTube, just replace 'youtube.com' with '2outube.com' in any video URL. You get the full transcript instantly — no signup, no copy-pasting. Perfect for capturing dense AI concepts, paper walkthroughs, and lecture notes.
The Trick
youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
2outube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
Just change 'y' to '2'
Works with any YouTube video that has captions
Top Artificial Intelligence YouTube Channels to Transcribe
Andrej Karpathy
Deep dives into neural networks, LLMs, and AI fundamentals from a former Tesla and OpenAI researcher
3Blue1Brown
Visual math and AI explainers covering neural networks, attention mechanisms, and linear algebra foundations
Yannic Kilcher
Detailed paper readings and commentary on cutting-edge AI research including transformers, diffusion models, and RL
Two Minute Papers
Quick summaries of the latest AI and ML research papers with accessible commentary
Best Practices for AI Video Transcripts
Capture technical terminology precisely
AI videos are packed with specific terms — backpropagation, softmax, RLHF, embedding space.
Extract paper and dataset references
AI researchers frequently cite arXiv papers, benchmarks, and datasets by name in passing.
Feed transcripts directly to an LLM for summaries
Paste the full transcript into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and ask for a structured summary with key concepts, takeaways, and.
Build personal AI knowledge bases
Paste transcripts from multiple AI videos into a tool like Notion, Obsidian, or a RAG system so you can search.
How to Use
Find your AI video on YouTube
Navigate to any artificial intelligence video on YouTube — a paper walkthrough, lecture, AI news explainer, or tutorial.
Change youtube to 2outube
In the URL, replace 'youtube.com' with '2outube.com' — for example, youtube.com/watch?v=abc123 becomes 2outube.com/watch?v=abc123 — then press Enter
Read, copy, or study the transcript
Your full AI video transcript loads instantly. Copy it into your notes app, paste it into an LLM for summarization.
Questions
Does this work with any YouTube video?
Yes, any video with captions.
Is it really free?
Completely free. No account, no limits.
Do AI videos on YouTube usually have captions available?
Most do. Popular AI channels like Andrej Karpathy, 3Blue1Brown, and Yannic Kilcher have auto-generated or manually added captions on virtually all their videos.
Can I use the transcript to study AI concepts more effectively?
Absolutely. Transcripts are ideal for studying AI content because you can search for specific terms, copy technical definitions, and paste the full text into an LLM like ChatGPT or Claude.
How do I get a transcript for an AI research paper walkthrough video?
Go to the YouTube video, copy the URL, replace 'youtube.com' with '2outube.com', and load the page. The full transcript appears immediately.
Can I feed AI video transcripts into ChatGPT or other LLMs?
Yes, and it works extremely well. Copy the transcript from 2outube, paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other LLM, and ask it to summarize, explain concepts, generate quiz.
Will transcripts include timestamps?
Yes. 2outube displays transcript segments with timestamps so you can reference specific moments in the video.
Does this work for AI conference talks and keynotes on YouTube?
Yes. Conference talks from NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and keynotes from companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic are regularly posted to YouTube with captions.
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